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A NEW poll has put Keir Starmer's Labour Party in fourth place behind Reform, the Greens and Conservatives. The Find Out Now survey carried out this week put Labour on just 15%, a staggering three points behind the Greens as Zack Polanski's party continues to surge in popularity with voters. The poll of 2717 people put Reform UK on 33%, the Greens on 18%, the Conservatives on 16% and the LibDems on 11%. Labour came just 12% ahead of the SNP, who voters can only opt for in Scotland. Translated into seats, it means Reform would win a General Election...

When former talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and her wife Portia de Rossi moved to England a year ago they put the blame firmly on Donald Trump. The American TV star said she decided to settle in the Cotswolds the day after Mr Trump was re-elected President because life 'is just better' in the UK. But now The Mail on Sunday can reveal that Ms DeGeneres has told friends she and Ms de Rossi are planning to spend more time in sunny California because they 'miss their friends' and dread the thought of another British winter. A source said: 'Ellen...

Whatever happened to Britain, or the UK, or England, or whatever they’re calling it? We can’t even agree on what it’s called. But what happened to England, the England that, if you’re over 50, you grew up learning about, the England that controlled the world, the England that ran the largest empire in human history at the end of the first world war? Britain, which is an island in a pretty inhospitable climate, controlled something like a quarter of the Earth’s surface – and not controlled in the way the United States controls the rest of the world with an...

Tens of thousands rallied in Paris on Saturday to show support for Palestinians in Gaza, as protesters accused Israel of violating a fragile US-brokered ceasefire and demanded tougher international action amid soaring death tolls and ongoing restrictions on aid. Gaza’s health ministry, run by Hamas, said Saturday that more than 70,000 people have been killed since the war began. “Gaza, Gaza, Paris is with you.” Marking the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, tens of thousands of people, according to organizers, marched in Paris on Saturday to show support for Palestinians in Gaza, devastated by more than two...

As Europeans scrambled to help Volodymyr Zelensky push back on America’s 28-point peace plan, the Ukrainian president’s first European call was with the leaders of Britain, France and Germany. In Johannesburg for the G20 summit, this trio—Britain’s Sir Keir Starmer, France’s Emmanuel Macron and Germany’s Friedrich Merz—sat down together the next day to agree on a strategy, dispatching their respective national-security advisers to meet American and Ukrainian delegations in Geneva. Quietly, the trio is emerging as Europe’s new top-tier leadership.

West Yorkshire Police arrested a British business owner over a picture he posted on social media of himself holding a gun in the United States. IT contractor Jon Richelieu-Booth told the Yorkshire Post that in August, he posted a picture on the networking site LinkedIn of himself holding a shotgun at a friend’s homestead in Florida. He was visited by local police, who warned him about the post and told him to be “careful” about what he says online and “how it makes people feel.” Eleven days after the post, West Yorkshire Police officers returned and arrested Richelieu-Booth over allegedly...

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Thursday he is "very concerned" about the apparently inaccurate information received by the West Midlands Police that led to the ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans attending the Europa League match against Aston Villa. "I'm very concerned and troubled by what we're seeing in terms of the intelligence reporting," he told The Jewish Chronicle. "I think we need to get to the bottom of that to find out exactly what happened, and that's the immediate next step." "I think it's not just one police force. We need to look consistently across to see...

FRANCE is belatedly to make limited attempts to stop migrant dinghies at sea – after Keir Starmer privately admitted there was ‘no effective deterrent’. The astonishing admission has emerged in a leak to a French newspaper, showing the British Prime Minister has begged for action to halt the rising numbers of small boats crossing the Channel. More than 60,000 migrants have arrived in Britain via dinghy since Labour’s election last year. One of Sir Keir’s first acts was to abandon the Conservative deterrent plan of flying all small boat arrivals to Rwanda. His own policy of deporting a small proportion...

British Surgeon Suspended for Vile Antisemitic Rants, Holocaust Denial, and Hamas Praise... Al-Adwan ...

The Trump administration has launched a blistering attack on Britain's failure to tackle the migrant crime crisis, ordering American diplomats to collect damning data on offences committed by immigrants in the UK. In a scathing cable sent to embassies last week, the White House accused both Conservative and Labour politicians of repeatedly letting down voters on immigration. The explosive memo, sent to American missions across Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, demanded a review of "human rights abuses" committed by migrants in host countries.

Whatever happened to Britain, or the UK, or England, or whatever they’re calling it? We can’t even agree on what it’s called. But what happened to England, the England that, if you’re over 50, you grew up learning about, the England that controlled the world, the England that ran the largest empire in human history at the end of World War One? Britain, which is an island in a pretty inhospitable climate, controlled literally a quarter of the Earth’s surface – and not controlled in the way the United States controls the rest of the world with an implied threat...

Former US Secretary of State John Kerry was knighted Wednesday by King Charles III, receiving England’s highest honor in a closed-door reception at Buckingham Palace. Kerry, 81, was formally awarded the Knight Commander award of the Order of St. Michael and St. George, which is typically bestowed to recognize foreign diplomats and is the highest honor that a noncitizen of the United Kingdom can receive. The former Massachusetts senator received the honor for “services to tackling climate change.” During the Biden administration, Kerry served as the US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate and pushed countries to phase out fossil fuels....

Ministers have proposed to end the right to a jury trial for a vast range of criminal offences in England and Wales, as they grapple with a vast backlog of cases that is delaying hearings by more than a year in many instances. Under the shake-up, juries would remain involved in only the most serious trials — for offences such as rape, murder and manslaughter — or if there was a strong public interest in the case. All other cases would be heard by a judge sitting alone. The proposals were set out in a memo by justice secretary David...

Rachel Reeves has urged Labour MPs to unite behind her Budget as she vowed to stay on as chancellor in the years ahead. Speaking to a meeting of Labour's Parliamentary Party on Monday evening, Reeves warned MPs they must "stick together" if they wanted to win the next election. The Budget, which is expected to contain tax rises, will be delivered on Wednesday following weeks of speculation.

Rachel Reeves has blamed sexism for the mayhem surrounding her Budget as she begged Labour MPs to get behind the plans. The Chancellor made a desperate appeal to restive backbenchers as she prepares to deliver the long-awaited package tomorrow. Ms Reeves admitted that workers are looking down the barrel of another round of tax hikes, despite her explicit pledge a year ago that she would not return for more.

Labour’s tax rises have led to an exodus of wealthy Britons, the business secretary has admitted. Peter Kyle said he accepted that “some of the decisions” the party had made since taking office had caused “some people [to] feel the need to leave”. Asked if the wealthy were opting to leave because of tax decisions made by the government, he said: “Yes, I do.” He added: “I’m not going to duck the fact that we have put up taxes and we’ve closed some of the loopholes for non-doms.” ...

Gareth Talbot does not necessarily believe in God, but he's started going to church. He felt compelled to do so after taking part in one of Tommy Robinson's rallies in September. "I never thought I had to choose before, but now I'm feeling like Christianity could be replaced, so that's why I feel the church needs support," the 36-year-old from Bradford says. Gareth talks about the church in England being under "threat", as he sees it, mainly from Islam. He says his concern is about the extreme elements of Islam, not the religion as a whole. He also makes claims...

Labour MPs increasingly believe that Sir Keir Starmer could quit as Prime Minister in the New Year before facing a leadership challenge, The Mail on Sunday has been told. At the start of a crunch week for the PM, with one of the most anticipated Budgets of modern times taking place against the backdrop of plots against his premiership, MPs say they are suspicious about what they call Sir Keir's 'new zen-like mood'. Despite Labour languishing at 18 percent in the polls – level-pegging with the Greens – and Cabinet colleagues openly jostling for his job, one backbencher who met...

The BBC lost more than £1bn through licence fee evasion and cancellation last year despite making two million enforcement visits to people’s homes. Visits to unlicensed homes in 2024-25 increased by 50 per cent on the previous year but the BBC said it “has become harder to get people to answer their doors”. One in eight users now evades payment despite using the BBC, at a cost to the corporation of £550m. According to the BBC’s annual report, the number of TV licences fell by around 300,000 between March 2024 and March 2025. In total, 3.6 million households now say...

The White House has urged Britain to take “bold action” and defend citizens from mass migration. The US state department labelled mass migration an existential threat to Western civilisation and ordered its embassies across Europe to report crimes committed by illegal migrants. The department singled out the grooming gang scandal in Rotherham as an example of how Western nations have endured “crime waves” as a result of uncontrolled migration. Thousands of vulnerable girls were raped by gangs of predominantly Pakistani men in at least 50 towns and cities across Britain over several decades. The department said it had ordered officials...